Carney walks a timid line on climate instead of full speed ahead
The longer Prime Minister Mark Carney tries to play both sides of the street—and this game has been going on for decades—the farther behind we fall, environmentally and economically. He must know that.
New list of major projects is good, but the hard part will be actually getting them done
This is a problem across Canadian society. We have become so risk averse and conflict averse that we’ve geared shockingly large percentages of our state institutions into being effectively machines that can only say ‘no’.
Floor-crossings are controversial, but not necessarily a political kiss of death
It’s uncertain if Chris d’Entremont can successfully carry the banner as a Liberal. But he joins a long line of defectors who make covering the House of Commons interesting.
Budget signals strong economic focus, but falls short in details like regulatory burden or clarity on defence spending, say experts, economists
‘There’s an urgency that if we don’t go big, then we’re going to fall short,’ says Goldy Hyder, president and CEO of the Business Council of Canada.
Health Minister Marjorie Michel to talk about children’s health on Nov. 17 in Ottawa
MONDAY, NOV. 17 House Schedule—The House of Commons will sit Nov. 17-21; Nov. 24-28; Dec. 1-5; and Dec. 8-12. In total, the House will have sat only 73 days this year. Last year, it sat 122 days, and in 2023, it sat 121 days. In 2022, it sat 129 days, and in 2021, it sat […]
House Speaker Scarpaleggia residing at an Ottawa hotel instead of official residence, ‘The Farm,’ for family reasons
It’s more economical for the Speaker to live at a hotel than at the official residence in Gatineau Hills, says spokesman Olivier Duhaime.
‘Empty hands’ at COP30 and LNG ‘nation-building’ project pick signifies climate backsliding, say advocates
Prime Minister Mark Carney won’t attend the UN’s climate change convention in Brazil, and announced an LNG project as part of his next tranche of projects being referred to the Major Projects Office.
OGGO hearing confirms: our government continues to persecute whistleblowers rather than protect them
The Liberals need to put in place a system that truly protects whistleblowers and the Canadian public. Perhaps then we can begin to restore our national image and rejoin the ranks of truly clean and well-governed democracies.
Campaigns ‘grounded in people’s lived realities’ key to NDP success, say strategists after Mamdani sweeps NYC mayoral race
As progressives celebrate New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s win across the border, strategists say the lesson for the NDP is not to lean further left, but to speak to voters’ everyday concerns.
Carney’s fundraising problem
Considering the Liberals are still basking in their electoral triumph from earlier this year and seeing how they’re still doing relatively well in the polls, you might think they’d have an easy time right now raising money from their donors.
